sayaong

Tagalog

Etymology

From sa yaon +‎ -g, literally “at the distant [time] when […] ”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sajaˈʔoŋ/, [sɐ.jɐˈʔoŋ]
Hyphenation: sa‧ya‧ong

Conjunction

sayaóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜂᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

since; ever since
Synonym: mula noong

Sayaong magkatawang-tao ang ating panginoong Hesukristo, guminhawa ang sanlibutan.
Ever since our Lord Jesus Christ manifested in the flesh, the universe prospered.

See also

ngayon

Further reading

Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 234: “Deſde) Sayaong [(pc)] adver)”

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